Witch hunt. And glamming up the midterms. Ive been shouting at people on billy on the street for years. Billy on his push to get out the vote. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, we are now just six days away from election day. As republicans fight each other amidst trumps desperately toxic final message democrats appear at this moment to have the momentum. They currently have an average eightpoint lead in the generic congressional ballot which, if it holds, would likely be enough to overcome gerrymandering by the gop and overcome the house. Polls show a handful of Democratic Candidates tied with republican opponents in deep, deep red districts, places where trump won by 20 points or more. 528 gives democrats an 86 chance to win the house, a 16 chance to win the senate. Democratic control of one or both houses of congress is frankly a nightmare scenario for a president who faced no serious oversight despite near constant credible charges of corruption and scandal after scandal after scandal. So, donald trump and his allies are trying to scare voters into submission with shameful and increasingly lurid and ludicrous lies about migrants and fear mongering about imaginary mobs along with sledge hammer threats like this one. If the midterms for some reason dont do so well for republicans i think youre all going to lose a lot of money. I hate to say that. I think youre going to lose a lot of money. Despite pretty good evidence to the contrary the president seems to think his presence in the headlines helps vulnerable republicans. Hes holding 11 rallies in the final six days of the campaign, including tonight one in florida. Hard core supporters stood in line for hours, some are more than happy to parrot the president s false talking points. This thing with this invasion coming from the southern youre talking about the caravan. Im talking about the invasion, thats right, the caravan, its just so wrong. I mean, what are they going to do when they come here . You know, and theyve got all the ms13 tattoos and everything, thats not a good thing. The problem for gop candidates is that the scare mongering and the lieins dont have that much traction outside the cult of trump. The Republican Party is splintering in realtime cay days before the crucial vote. Paul ryan correctly pointed out the president cant override the 14th amendment to the u. S. Constitution, trump tweeted that ryan should not be giving his opinions on birthright citizenship, something he knows nothing about. For the second straight day a prominent republican lashed out at White Nationalist gop congressman steve king who could lose his overwhelmingly republican district in iowa. His comments and his actions are disgusting. I know nothing about his opponent, andrea, but i can tell you this, i would never cast a ballot for someone like steve king. Now, thats carlos corbello in the fight for his life in his own district, a member of the Republican Party that embodies steve king in many ways, lets be clear where things stand. Anything could happen on tuesday including the republicans gaining seats in the house and senate. Ern learned that lesson two years ago. Polls are one thing. Votes are Something Else entirely. As billy ikener will be here to discuss shortly. Things do seem to have changed from two years ago when conservatives were predicting a nationalist uprising led by donald trump and his wing man steve bannon that would unite the country around their populist vision and give republicans super majorities for decades to come, represent realignment in american politics. Bannon is trying to rally the base. No one is interested. Last week a gop dinner had to slash prices because of low demand. Bannon also had a rally for republican candidates in new york, but none showed up. He has been speaking to embarrassingly empty rooms like this one on staten island, and this one last night in kansas where a whopping 25 people showed up for bannons red tide rising rally at a Holiday Inn Express in support of gop candidate Steve Watkins who did not show up. With me now six days from election day the chair of the Democratic National committee tom perez. Tom, where do you see things right now . Well, im optimistic, the early voting numbers, give me optimism. We see a lot more young voters out there and see new voters, a number of sporadic voters, georgia, twice as many fw africanamericans have already voted. At the same time, chris, something resonates with me. We have so many races that are a dead heat. You look at the polling in ohio, and wisconsin in the governors races, this is no time to do anything but get out there and vote. This is the vote of our lifetime. Blocking and tackling phase. We have opportunity everywhere, weave competed everywhere, fielding spectacular candidates everywhere and were making Real Progress because were talking about health care. Were talking about protecting Social Security. Theyre hemorrhaging on health care. Trying to change the subject. But it is so, so important for folks to make sure they get out there and vote. Let me ask you this, theres a number of races, im fascinated by, mia love in utah, Greg Gianforte in montana, jd shulkin running against steve king, pennsylvania 11 today had a surprise number. A bunch of places were talking trump margins of 20 , 22. That you have Democratic Candidates tied statistically. What is the message there . Whats the way to close that sale for a democrat running in a trump plus 20 district . Health care, health care, health care. Right. Medicare, Social Security, medicaid. Protecting Peoples Health care. Yeah. If you have a preexisting condition, its on the ballot. Last i checked, chris, its not just democrats that have preexisting conditions, its people across the board, not just democrats that have loved ones who are suffering from opioid addiction. Twothirds of coverage for opioid treatment is through medicaid. And so the reason why were competitive everywhere is because these are the issues that people care about. And this is what were focused on. Quality education. Thats how we were able to help when four state legislative seats in special elections in oklahoma last year, because everybody wants their kids to do better. You see republicans slashing funding for public education. And so were on the right side of the issues that matter most to people. You know, the president , the president and republicans on down the line have taken this fairly ludicrous position, we will protect preexisting conditions, the president going so far today saying republicans will protect people with preexisting conditions, far better than the demes who invented and passed obamacare which does that. Do you chuckle at that . Whats the response to that at dnc headquarters . We talked about the 60 times they voted to repeal the Affordable Care act, the lawsuit filed in texas in which the department of justice, the Republican Department of justice is refusing to defend the Affordable Care act. It is very clear what they want to do. And its also clear to me, chris, that they are hemorrhaging on this health care issue. Thats why theyre trying to deflect attention. We need to be focused, like a laser, in these last six days about the fact that were fighting for health care. Let me ask you something. Did you go in did democrats go into this campaign seeing that as the central issue on the ground that was going to be a key issue for their success, or was it something more organic where they sort of recognized in the process of canvassing a voter contact of being on the trail how salient it was. Good leaders are good listeners, chris, and we learned in 2017 when we redoubled our commitment to organizing, we heard it in virginia, health care, health care, health care. We heard it in oklahoma, education. We these are the two issues that have animated voters. And these are the two issues that continue to animate voters because, again, so many people are one accident away from bankruptcy. And they understand what it means when youre diabetic to have protection and have that insurance. They understand that the cost of insulin has skyrocketed and republicans have done nothing about it. Thats why were winning elections. Do you think the president , hes such a polarizing figure, obviously, he thinks it is good for him to be in the headlines, he thinks its good for him to do these rallies, he thinks hes the sort of person that can close the enthusiasm gap. From your perch are you happy to see him out there or not . Well, listen, the democratic primary turnout last year was this past year was 89 higher than it was in 2014. Republican turnout was about 24 higher. But listen, i take nothing for granted. I remember that pit in my stomach on november the 9th, 2016. We thought we were going to win and we didnt win. And so when hes out there, and when hes doing the fear mongering and the distracting and the dividing, hes trying to hes trying to, you know, obviously juice his base and get them to turn out. So we can leave nothing to chance. Yeah. And ive just seen too many polls that have showed close races. And youve got to remember these gerrymandered seated, we not only have to win, we have to beat the spread. Thats right, beat the spread. Were not on a level playing field. 40 races are essentially tied in the house, crazy how close this is and how much these next six days matter. Tom perez, thanks for being with me. My pleasure, get out there and vote. With me now from one of the upcoming elections, democratic senator, former, barbara boxer. And president ial candidate evan mcmullen. I want to start with you, evan, because your pac is running ads against steve king. Im grimly amused by republicans six days from election day discovering what steve king believes in. I want to play one of your ads and have you explain why this is why this is important to you. Take a listen. For nearly 16 years congressman steve king has been our representative in washington. Hes gained a lot of admirers, hes a hero, declares the neonazi website storm front. He is our guy. Guy bless our king says david duke. Im very proud of him, announced richard spencer, steve king, klan and neonazi approved. Why are you running that ad . Were running that ad, chris, because were trying to make a case, and for and to build a cross partisan coalition in iowa and across the country that well stand up to leaders like steve king, leaders who dont advance our values, dont protect our values and who actually fight against them. So were calling on republicans, independents and democrats to stand together against guys like steve king. And thats what that effort is, steve king is a guy who has spent a lot of time promoting the ideas of white suprem schism. He has no place in congress. We should all, as americans, be in agreement on that. Senator boxer, you were a politician for a long time, so youve got a good keen political instinct. Yes. It is interesting to me to watch Carlos Cabello in a tight race in a swing district in florida to watch the head of the nrcc distance themselves from him, it says something to me about where the political winds are at this moment. What do you think . Listen, politics aside, thank you for doing that ad, evan. I come from a family that lost a lot of our people in the holocaust. And, you know, in the beginning when you hear these things about hate, whether its toward latinos, or whether its toward africanamericans, or jewishamericans or the other, whoever that may be, and you dont say anything, and you dont get out there its a problem. Now, politically, clearly, i believe in the american people. I believe theyre better than that. And so the best thing could be if steve king is defeated. The next best thing is if they censure him, but far better if he wasnt in the hallowed halls of congress. Everybody has ptsd from 2016 in many ways. There might be overcorrection. Me too. People have a sense that what the president is doing right now, which i have to say has really gotten shockingly disgusting, franc frankly, basically accusing democrats of allowing in a cop killer and praising him. That thats going to work. What is your read about the sort of marginal effectiveness of the kinds of politics both the president and the entire Republican Party seem engaged in right now . Chris, i want to tell you with all my heart that they will be ineffective. Ineffective with the whole country, obviously theyll be ineffective with anyone outside of his base Republican Party, i wish i could tell you they would be ineffective within the party. Im not so sure thats the case, francly. Donald trump is playing the same game he played in 2016 and he had success with it. What was that game . It was, hey, continue to protect me, and ill nominate justices and judges that will be friendly to republicans. Continue to support me and ill continue to espouse this White Nationalist rhetoric. People bought into that. I am so sorry to say that what i see out there is that this antiimmigrant rhetoric and then the issue with his nominations on the you know, for the courts, is that it does tend to pull, even some republicans thats interesting. Republican leaning independents who are not supportive of trump back into that space. Chris, ill tell you, ive been so concerned over the past few weeks that his effectiveness in leveraging the kavanaugh confirmation, and leveraging this caravan that has come out of nowhere, to send people back into their partisan tribes. Yeah. Even people even republicans who arent great fans of trump, ive seen them moving back into that space. I and others are working hard to pull them back. But the point is that we should not take for granted that this kind of messaging will be ineffective. We have to fight for it. Senator boxer. Well, i would say the politics of fear, thats the politics of a coward. I want to talk about a caravan. My grandma dina came on a caravan at sea with my mother who was 9 months old in 1911. She was part of that caravan. It was nothing to be afraid of. We had a republican president , president taft. He did not send the military. He sent people down there to see whether or not people like my grandma qualified for refugee status. Theres nothing to be afraid of, america. And i think we need to stand tall. Yes, we need our health care. Yes, we need our education. Yes, we want representatives who represent the best of america. And we have a chance to say who we are in a few days. All right, barbara boxer, former senator, and evan mcmullin, thank you both for being with me. Still ahead, Billy Eichner on his efforts to get young people to vote. Next, why republicans continue to struggle over the single biggest issue. Republicans desperate attempt to outrun their own record on health care in two minutes. I am a family man. I am a techie dad. I believe the best technology should feel effortless. Like magic. At comcast, its my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. My name is mike, im in Product Development at comcast. Were working to make things simple, easy and awesome. Last summer after House Republicans voted overwhelmingly to repeal obamacare, the matter went to the senate where it was narrowly and memorably defeated. One of the votes came from democratic senator hirono. Only three republican senators voted against that bill and now the president and other republicans up and down the ticket across the country claim to be the party helping people with preexisting health conditions. Senator mazie hirono joins me from hawaii. You came back from the midst of Cancer Treatment to cast that vote. And what must it be like for you to watch republicans attempt to tell people that theyre the party that will protect people with preexisting conditions . I think the people of this country will not be fooled by the party that has been, for years, trying to repeal the Affordable Care act which, of course, protects people with preexisting conditions, one out of four, in our country. I do not think that people of our country will believe that the same people who have been trying to do them in on health care have suddenly seen the light and will protect their health care. So lets get real, people. You know, theyre not going to be fooled. They will have a chance in the election to make sure that all these people who are lying through their teeth will not be elected. What do you say to someone that says, after the kind of campaign theyve run and when the president said, theres no way they would come back and try to repeal obamacare again . Why should we believe that when theyve as i said, for years theyve been talking about repealing the Affordable Care act. Not only that, very recently Mitch Mcconnell said that thanks to the 1. 5 trillion huge tax cut they gave to the richest people and corporations in our country theyre now going to have to deal with what they call reforming medicare, which means cutting medicare, medicaid, and Social Security. So this is where they are, this is where theyre going, this is where theyve always been. Do you youve been in politics for a while. And theres a certain amount of massaging of the truth about politics. It happens all the time. But its hard for me to come up with a direct analog for the kind of baldfaced disingenuousness on display here. Is it new to you . Well, its certainly not new with the Trump Administration and the people who enable him. Thats fair. Every day trump lies, i mean whopper lies. Every day. Theres an interesting story from Martha Mcsally whos running for senate in arizona, gives you a sense of where the politics on this issue are right now. She says im getting my ass kicked on vote to repeal obamacare, well, sean, i did vote to repeal obamacare on that house bill. Im getting my ass kicked right now because its being misconstrue by democrats, theyre trying to invoke fear in people who have family members or loved ones with preexisting conditions. Are democrats being unfair about this . Of course not. Democrats are telling the truth. And if any misconstruing is going on, or outright lies,