claire mccaskill is still with me. this is what joe biden said he was going to do.e going to do it, what do you make of what we just heard? >> i think what merrick garland is getting at is something that i have learned in talking to doctors since dobbs was overturned. sometimes these laws, no one is going to be prosecuted or put in jail, but what has happened is doctors are now being told by their lawyers don't go there. don't perform that procedure. be careful. you could go to jail. and that is going to have an impact dramatic impact on women's health in this country. because doctors are going to be afraid. they are caught. they used to worry about the patient. now they have to worry about prison. this is putting them in the worst situation possible. what makes it worse is that you have these laws that will be so different and so extreme in so many states across the nation. >> we're going to talk about a lot of different laws now because we have focused earlier on what's happening in kansas, but i want to bring into the conversation kaitlyn lang, who covers the ind

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claire mccaskill is a former democratic senator who represented misury in 2007 to 2019. ins me now. claire, you are obviously an extremely astute political observer and onetime practitioner. what's your understanding of where the landscape is now and how it's changed, and why? >> well, first i want everybody to slow down a little bit. we are still the underdogs in this election and i am speaking as someone, in 2018, we picked up 40 seats in the house. but we still lost four senators, and you are looking at one that got beat that year. so, i really want everyone to realize we can't stop organizing, we can't stop donating, we can't stop volunteering. we are still the underdogs. having said that, i think even though abortion wasn't at the top of the list when you ask people that poll what issues they cared about, when governments across the country are threatening to force incest victims to give birth, that makes people angry. and anger equals turnout. emotion equals turnout, and that's what we were missing in this election. everyone was worried about inflation, worried abou

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we're back with claire mccaskill. l bring for these women. you've been warning us now for years, as long as i've known you, and the possibility of overturning roe, you have been issuing these warnings and as it comes to pass, i always want to talk to you about it. >> yeah. and this -- this is -- it hits close to home, because kansas is close to home. most missouri women are going either to illinois or to kansas because they have no opportunity for -- to terminate a pregnancy safely and legally in the state of missouri now. none. doesn't matter how old they are, what the circumstances are. it's -- and doctors are reacting by not even -- being very careful about even when the mother's life is at stake, making it a gut wrenching situation for women in my state. kansas is going to be interesting, nicole. we've got a state where there's twice as many registered republicans as democrats. so, the republicans have been very cagey about how they've done this. first of all, they made the ballot language very confusing. it is cou

that said, this is not like and carl would remember this well, when claire mccaskill helped choose her republican opponent in 2012, todd aiken, someone who she thought -- correctly thought would be too fringy and could not win statewide, if we have learneanything in the trump years, it's that these republicans espousing conspiracy theories, sometimes espousing things that are racist and sexist, espousing, you know, lies about the election, they can get elected. they may be easier to beat. but there's also a chance they could still win. and then that's not the sort of house or senate the democrats are going to enjoy dealing with if that ends up being the case. leigh ann: yeah. that's absolutely right. and asma, i wanted to follow up with you on that. because, you know, it wasn't just peter mayer that did this, they did this in the maryland governor race and tried this and won, the maga candidate won in the maryland gotch race and tried this in california, to defeat a house member who also voted to impeach donald trump. democrats, you know, they -- weren't successful there. but if these

senator now and now nbc news and msnbc analyst claire mccaskill. editor of the recount, john heilemann. hugo lowell. and professor at princeton university, eddie glaude, jr. joe, there's so much here this morning, that obviously was revealed by midnight last night. the papers found in, it appears, the 45 office desk, i don't know if that's donald trump's office. 45 office. is what it's called. but these papers are clearly highly sensitive. and the revelations overnight are quite stunning. >> i don't know, maybe 45 office, it's tiki bar at mar-a-lago, i don't know. >> yikes. >> the thing that we keep circle be back to that you brought up, donald trump have has no explanation for it. >> he doesn't deny it. >> rudy giuliani has no explanation for why the documents, the top secret documents that the government holds were taken from the government and taken to mar-a-lago. newt gingrich calling them wolves wanting to devour americans doesn't have any defense. there is no explanation, there is no defense, at least legally. and legally, john heilemann, it

mike barnicle, claire mccaskill still with us.ect to see a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the search of donald trump's florida estate just a few hours from now. a federal magistrate judge ordered the justice department to unseal it by noon today. saying the government has met its burden to keep portions of the document under wraps. we do not expect to learn the identities of the witnesses or agents involved, nor do we expect to learn much about the investigation strategy, direction, sources or methods. the fbi removed 11 sets of classified documents, incluing some labeled secret and top secret, from trump's south florida home more than two weeks ago. let's bring in nbc news and msnbc legal analyst andrew weisman, the former general counsel to the fbi and served as lead prosecutor, you'll remember, in the mueller special counsel's office. good morning. good to see you. we've been sort of debating and having this discussion this morning about how much we actually might learn about the investigation when this affidavi

. >> dagen: karl rove wrote about the inventor of the strategy senator claire mccaskill who deployed about 10 years ago in 2012 where she propped up who she saw as her weakest republican opponent labeling him as too conservative and she said that she boasted she successfully manipulated the g.o.p. primary to get the opponent she was most likely to beat. and so this is not new, but we have never seen it in this dollar amount, congresswoman. >> it shows how lack of confidence the democrats have in their own candidates. i can tell you that we have a primary here in new york tomorrow. i am proud to be endorsed by president trump. i know that whoever comes out of the democratic side that i will be able to beat as long as i am elected in tomorrow's primary. but what you are saying is right. they feel they need to meddle on the g.o.p. end to try to fix an election for themselves. it is no different than what we've seen them do all year long. look how they tried to gerrymander my district. they wanted to connect conservative staten island with bill deblasio's brooklyn. we had to go to court

. >> and the same by claire mccaskill, that she helped todd akin who had some crazy comments about rapent, and she was re-elected, and speaking of meddling, three members of the impeachment ten who voted in the house for trump's impeachment, and in the house, and congressman jamie butler, and congressman dan newhouse of washington, and really, also republican peter meijer in michigan. >> and yes, it is one thing in common, they are all election denier, and one thing is clear if it is a prevailing thought of from the east coast to the midwest if it is a prevailing thought. >> and i have to disagree with you, that all of the contrast is going to be necessarily helping democrats, because there are a lot of people who think it is gross, and i said it is gross, and so i am obviously one of them that thinks it is gross that the d triple c is going to get involved to boost election deniers and when i asked congress kenzinger who is one of the january 6 committee members, is going to send one of these whack a doodles into office. >> and yes, in most of the races, they are already ahead, and tha

thank you for being with us and amber phillips of "the washington post," greatly appreciated and claire mccaskill>> go cards. >> thank you so much. >> thanks. >> willie. >> thanks, claire. still ahead this morning, we'll speak to a lawyer who turned down president trump's request to join his legal team and the biden administration announced a new summit to counter of corrosive effect of hate filled violence on our democracy and public safety. we'll go live to the white house for that new reporting. and also ahead, a look at growing numbers of threats coming from republicans against fbi agents, irs agents and election poll workers. plus it has become the show addressing the opioid epidemic, the crowator of "dope sick." danny strong will join us to talk about the way the show has turned him from a writer to an activist. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. ight back. it's not just for kids. whooping cough is highly contagious for people of any age. and it can cause violent uncontrollable coughing fits. ask your doctor or pharmacist about whooping cough vaccination because it's not ju

strategy by and large in the past has been somewhat successful, whether it's harry reid in 2010 or claire mccaskill in 2012. the opponent you get can matter. it is also true that meijer, if he was re-elected, would vote to make kevin mccarthy the speaker who would probably have a committee investigating hunter biden and doing other things that might undermine democracy. so it's not as though for democrats it's a black and white choice. for someone who voted to impeach trump and stood for that -- it's pushing this about as far as i think you can. >> i think what it does, it makes it seem, democrats are saying these election liars pose an existential threat to democrats. and i agree with them, they do. if that's the case, if it's an existential threat, why are you risking in a particularly red wave year electing one of these guys? >> that's an argument a number of democrats made. they said this is hypocritical if we're on one hand holding the january 6th hearings, warning about the threats that election deniers pose and then putting out an ad campaign that essentially boosts the trump-aligned candida

it was bill clinton and 2012 the last time a democrat won a senate seat in this state, it was claire mccaskill. this is a state where trump is wildly popular, deeply red and eric schmitt is likely cruising to becoming the next senator from missouri, jose. >> and dasha, the victory for kansas abortion rights supporters is arguably the biggest headline of the night? >> yeah. jose, this is a big deal. i don't think that can be overstated. look, we were in the room last night when the results were announced defeating this amendment that would have potentially eroded abortion rights in this state, and it was emotional and it was more than a little bit surprising. look, we've been talking to abortion rights advocates here for weeks now and i will tell you this entire time, they had been convicted, they had been hopeful, but not particularly optimistic. there were several obstacles working against not vote here. this was on the primary ballot instead of the general ballot, when primaries here in kansas tend to draw a smaller voter group, more conservative voter group. there were millions of dollars p

in 2012, claire mccaskill was a vulnerable democrat in a state turning red.y saw todd aiken as the weakest and easiest to defeat. mccaskill's strategy worked. akin won the primary and she won over him by 16 points. would it pay off for democrats this november? and if it doesn't, are they prepared for the consequences? with me to discuss is richard hasan, director of safeguarding democracy project. professor, nice to have you back. put that quote back up from "the new york times." they said this, is a disappointing low for the democratic party. president biden and party leaders should denounce this strategy. wherein lies the risk? >> what is different here, we had parties interfering. we had republicans supporting green candidates and democrats supporting libertarians. what is here, is there's major parts of the republican party that are not supporting democracy. what you need for a working democracy, people that support both parties. if democrats knock off the republicans that are for democracy, they are playing with fire. >> here's your comment. i will put i

senator and msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill. and pretty important development in the story and take us through your reporting and then we'll go through some of the other things that the times reported on over the weekend. that we like other publications have been keeping up with the place, and much of that work has already been done so it will be go interesting to see how she rules. in the meantime, we'll see more developments of how trump treat information and inside the justice department and the piece that i published today they are nowhere near to making a decision. in the department's own filing the investigation is ongoing with the possibility of interviewing more witnesses and taking further investigative steps and also, we know that the career prosecutors doing this investigation have not yet come close to fulfilling their duty to eventual of the information they found and compared historically to other cases under the same criminal statutes. once that is complete, i don't even know if they've begun, but once that's comp

that was claire mccaskill. so a lot to watch here, andrea. >> indeed. yamiche alcindor. and our thanks of course to vaughn and to dasha. i want to bring in msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki at the big board for a deeper dive on the republicans who stood up to former president trump before he left office. steve, how did it play out for all those lawmakers last night? >> yeah, it's interesting, andrea. you're talking about donald trump and his slate in arizona potentially getting a clean sweep there. how about in some house races where you have donald trump sort of trying to get revenge, has been the theme here of the primary season against those ten republicans who in the wake of january 6th voted to impeach him. ten house republicans. three were on primary ballots yesterday. here's one of them. peter meijer. freshman republican from western michigan. grand rapids area. he's going to end up being a one-term republican. meijer has been defeated in his republican primary. his challenger, john gibbs, endorsed by trump. his challenger gibbs leaning into tr

former senator msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill, -- pulitzer prize-winning depp -- for the washington post. tim miller, a contributor to the bulwark and former communication director project blush. he was the new book, why we did it. and jeremy bash, former steve us chap at the cia and the pentagon. he joins us at -- and he's even wearing kornacki khakis. thrilled about that. clare, i have a feeling you are wearing your movie slippers when it comes to talking candace tonight. what is your reaction? >> i wish i had some ruby slippers by. now i was raised in missouri and toss that kansas was not a great place. but i don't feel that way tonight. something extraordinary happened, stephanie. this was not expected to be this kind of result. they had a record turnout. what this shows in a state where republican registrations outnumbered democrats to the one that women are really upset that a fundamental rights and freedom has been taken from them. and i think it is going to be a very motivating issue, and i think there should be a big flashing signal to every democratic candidate out there.

mike barnicle elise jordan still with us and msnbc analyst claire mccaskill.ary's new developments on the search of the fbi search of mar-a-lago. including the national archives rejecting the request from trump's attorneys to block the fbi from reviewing some of the classified material recovered from the former president's resort. but first, the details on that democratic visibility your in upstate new york. democrat pat ryan wins the hotly contested special election in new york's 19th district defeating republican marc molinaro. it's a true swing district, went for trump in 2012, biden in 2016. and attorney general del gad go was appointed lieutenant governor in new york. and underscores the democratic message on abortion. ryan put the supreme court ruling of roe versus wade front and center. claire mccaskill, why are we talking abe a special election in the hudson valley, 19th district of new york, do you believe we can take something away from this nationally? >> well, i am worried that we are going to go there and think that this thing is under control. be

senator now and nbc news and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill. tcome in kansas last night? >> i am surprised by the margin. not necessarily the outcome. i am blown away by the numbers. and, you know, i think people need to remember that midterms are all about who has passion and emotion on their side of the equation. the way you overcome midterm elections and a sitting president and a historical fact that they typically are bad is you get people motivated. and our party, i think, for too long, has been motivated in some ways just by trying to stop trump trump. well, now, we have to stop extremism. and what democrats stood up for last night, democrats and republicans, is that they're uncomfortable with the extremism. and i've got to tell you something here, mika, it's important, we cannot let the national conversation somehow think because a sex scandal former governor was defeated last night that somehow the guy that got the republican nomination in missouri, it is not extreme -- he is totally extreme. just remember this, the guy who got nominated