Joining us now, senior editor and elections analyst for the Cook Political Report, Dave Wasserman. First, I ask you humbly to tell me if I got those questions right. >> You did.Good to be with you. >> So, what will you be watching for and where. >> So, I'm going to be watching the margins in Virginia and New Jersey.And they're different states because Democrats are defending the governor's office in New Jersey after eight years. Voters are frustrated with high electricity rates. So Mikey Cheryl's got a toug ...

Let's go to MSNBC reporter Michael Schnell in Manhattan. MSNBC reporter and co-o co-host of the weekend, Antonia Hilton in Brooklyn, and senior editor at The City, Harry Seagull. So, Antonia, what are you what are you hearing um in the great burrow of Brooklyn.>> Well, Katie, I actually have met a couple of your fans here. We're at PS270 in the Clinton Hill area, and this is a pretty uh diverse group of voters in this neighborhood. I hope you can see behind me here.The lines here at this spot have been cons ...

Joining us now, former NBC News justice correspondent Pete Williams in 1986. Pete served as press secretary to then Congressman Dick Cheney and was later Pentagon press secretary when Cheney was Secretary of Defense. Also joining us, presidential historian John Michechum.Thank you both for being here. Pete, um it's been a bit. It's great to see you.Uh you worked with uh Mr. . Cheney for seven years and you posted a piece just today called the Dick Cheney I Knew. Tell us what you'd like people to know about ...

Meanwhile, the countdown is on to a major test of presidential power. Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will consider President Trump and his sweeping global tariffs when the justices hear arguments in a case brought against the US president by a toy maker. That toy maker, Rick Waldenberg, CEO of Learning Resources, a company that sells learning based toys, joins us now.Rick, um it's good to have you on the program. Um, could you ever have imagined that you'd be in a courtroom where a seinal decision is being mad ...

I want to bring in Mark McKinnon, former adviser to George W. Bush and John McCain, who's probably very happy that he's not running campaigns like that anymore. He's also creator of the circus.With me in studio, Julie Rgginky, Democratic strategist, author of the Salty Politics newsletter on Substack. Okay, I'm not going to tell you which race to talk about, Julie. I am going to ask you if there's one you're going to be watching in particular that may give you the best sense of the mood in the country.So, i ...

Joining us now, the Democratic Congressman from California, Pete Aguilar, chair of the House Democratic Caucus. It's good to see you. Uh, Congressman, help us from your perspective understand.Do you think that Trump's newest threats further complicates what's going to happen to the food benefits that 42 million Americans rely on. >> Well, it absolutely does. Um, it it absolutely jeopardizes the ability to get funds to people who need it.Uh the president is clearly defying a court order which is not new for ...

There is arguably no more obvious opportunity for voters who are unhappy with Donald Trump to take action than California's ballot initiative known as Prop 50. It's the measure to redraw all 52 of that state's congressional districts that if it passes will likely deliver five more house seats to Democrats in next year's midterm elections. The president just a short time ago called it unconstitutional claiming with no proof that the voting itself is rigged and he adds that mail and voting is under very serio ...

We're following that breaking news that in a new truth social post, President Trump says he'll fund the critical SNAP food assistance program that 42 million Americans rely once the quote radical left Democrats open the government. MSNBC's senior legal reporter, Lisa Rubin, is covering this for us. Lisa, a judge said something very different, and then the USDA just yesterday said, "We're going to at least partially fund this." >> So, what what is this.I don't know what this is, but if I were looking at this ...

Former special counsel Jack Smith is reportedly ready to go on a counterattack as the Trump administration continues to target Smith and the FBI agents who worked on his team. The New York Times is reporting that Smith has quote people in his orbit that he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against Mr. . Trump denied to him by the Supreme Court decision, asserting broad presidential immunity from prosecution and adverse rulings from a Trump appointed judge on the federal bench in Florida.Th ...

Let's go to MSNBC's Alex Tab in Payet County, New Jersey. Also with us, former federal prosecutor Duncan Leven. Alex, lay out what's happening there where you are in New Jersey and the role these election monitors are actually playing.>> Well, Anna, as you noted, the Department of Justice has sent election monitors to polling sites here in Payic County at the behest of the New Jersey GOP. The NJ GOP cites a rare incident of potential voter fraud from 2020 during a city council race here as the rationale for ...