we saw shontel brown embracing it. she said, look, send me to washington to help advice president biden's agenda. nina turner who is a recognized face here, a former cnn commentator, a big supporter of bernie sanders, she supports the biden agenda but wanted to push the message in a much more progressive direction. it's a classic age-old fight we've been watching inside the democratic party. a moderate lane or progressive lane. the moderate won out. so there's no question with president biden in the white

we saw members of the congressional black caucus supporting shontel brown. president biden's agenda was at the center of the conversation. which one of these candidates will help push his agenda forward. shontel brown was the answer. she said she was going to run as a partner. it was a coalition of moderate

. >> there is no contrast, it is all about shontel brown. >> reporter: it is a key test for the party's direction and the biden agenda with other groups flooding the airwaves

martha fudge, shontel brown defeated nina turner. it's a blow to progressives with turner endorsed by bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez falling short of the moderate brown backed by hillary clinton and several members of the congressional black caucus including jim clyburn. meanwhile in the republican primary in ohio's 15th district the disgraced former president's candidate mike carey came out on top in a 11-candidate field. and that's tonight's reid out. and joy comes back tomorrow night so be sure to tune in. among her guests donald trump's niece, mary trump. and i'll see you again right here at 10:00 a.m. this sunday. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in," donald trump's coup came closer to succeeding than we ever knew. tonight the smoking gun document that could have up ended democracy as we know it and the doj official who tried to help trump steal the election.

that's a name you might know from cnn and a top ally of bernie sanders, against shontel brown, a cuyahoga county congress member who is influenced by the dems. we talk about covid and you have to occupy the sexes to see if we can replicate it. listen to president biden giving props to the most vaccinated state in the country. they may be the first to reach true herd immunity. listen. >> this past week, the most vaccinated state in america, vermont, has seen just five new cases, five per day of covid-19 for every 100,000 people who live in that state. that means on any given day, only 30 people in the entire state of vermont got covid-19.

joining me now is ohio congressional candidate, democrat shontel brown. won against a competitor who has been considered one of the faces of the progressive wing of the democratic party. during your race you used your platform at times to stay close to president biden and the more, quote, moderate leaders of the democratic party. while nina turner campaigned with bernie sanders and other progressives. what does your win tell us about where the future of the democratic party lies and what voters want in ohio? there's been a lot said about your win, eric adams' win in the democratic candidacy for mayor of new york. in your opinion, is that being overblown? is it something else? what does your win mean? >> so, first of all, reverend al, thank you for having me on your show. i'm a big fan. but i think this win says a lot of different things. first and foremost, i've never really ascribed to labels. when i'm helping people get their needs met, when someone calls me and says, shontel, how can i get my hands on a ppe loan, or when is the next food bank or how ca

election, where shontel brown defeated aoc endorsed nina turner. is this race really a proxy war for democratic divides, and does it really tell us anything about how democrats will do next november? let's get into it. joining me now, my friend and nemesis, dr. jason johnson, msnbc political contributor and professor at morgan state university and returning champ, eric bowler, author and editor. love your morning newsletter. >> jason, i want to start with you because i loved your piece where you talk about this and you make startling claims. i think twitter was equally surprised. you say that nina turner was more establishment candidate and shontel was not. before we dig into that, i've got to say you and i talk about this stuff, our separate group chats talk about this stuff. when i talk to people outside of

this is a big win in cleveland for shontel brown.eat of former congresswoman marsha fudge, who of course joined the biden cabinet. you can see right there, shontel brown, member of the cuyahoga county council, local democratic chairwoman, defeating nina turner. this is a big win for shontel brown for this reason. the entire establishment party, leaders and apparatus, came behind shontel brown in the final weeks of this race to push her over the top of nina turner. of course a long-time progressive leader. she was backed by bernie sanders and many others who were campaigning hard for her over the weekend. but don, significantly this is the latest in a string of establishment moderate victories in these primaries across the country. we saw it in the new york mayor's race. we saw it in the virginia governor's race. so certainly this will take the wind out sails of the progressive movement that is trying to be more ascendant here. but president biden still the leader of his party, and i can tell you he was front and center in this race b

this is a big win for shontel brown for this reason.n the final weeks of this race to push her over the top of nina turner, of course a long time progressive leader. she was back by bernie sanders and many others campaigning hard for her over the weekend. this is the latest of establishment moderate primary victories across the country. so certainly this will take the wind out of the sails of the progressive movement that is trying to be more ascendant here. but president biden still the leader of his party, and i can tell you he was front and center in this race because his agenda was. james clyburn was there over the weekend saying elect shontel brown to get the president's agenda moving. also just south of here in columbus, a big win actually for president trump in ohio's 15th congressional district. his canned dtd, the one he backed actually won the republican primary. this comes a week after his candidate lost a texas special election. so certainly just a snapshot in time here in this off-year election. but a big win for the establ

shontel brown was the answer. she said she was going to run as a partner.ewish democrats who were concerned that some of the rhetoric that nina turner had been saying over the years. of course, african-american voters in that district. so a coalition of voters, but it continued setting the signal that moderate democrats, the joe biden wing of the party, if you will, is alive and well and winning these primary races. i just learned a few moments ago, an official says the president called shontel brown to congratulate her, and looks forward to her winning in november. with a district like this, it's a fait accompli -- >> it's the ball game. you don't like to say it because you like to be most perfectly precise. i'll say it. it's the ball game. david, i heard your voice this morning. you can't draw too many conclusions from a special election. with this, do you see this as offering any message for the midterms? >> in terms of the midterms, kate and what jeff just said, this is not a competitive battleground district. this won't determine control of the house.

across the board to start with joe biden and eric adams and now shontel brown.donald trump will almost always come out on top if the field is crowded. so joining me is my partner in crime, the senior political editor here, mark murray. so mark, it is -- there's no doubt on the democratic side, it is looking like we have the rule of threes for 2021 is here, mccullough, terry and biden. >> yes, and at least the candidate that is trump-backed going to lose again, and the answer to that question is that the trump-backed candidate was going to win, but you can also look at the percentage of 37% isn't an overwhelming one, and some of the other candidates were running on the local issues is backed by local candidates including steve stivers who was backing a candidate jeff lare who was 13% and his closest opponent in the contest. >> we were wondering about how we noted for now that all politics is national, but there has been some local flavor, and that is why jake elsie held off the trump-backed candidate in texas. but you could argue that shontel brown was a local wi

shontel brown. she is running to fulfill president biden's agenda.n. nina turner, a progressive leader, a big supporter in surrogate for bernie sanders who is also campaigning there over the weekend, she is more of a -- certainly a progressive leader, wants to question the biden agenda. she said she would help president biden but wants to push the white house. so basically the bottom line of that is party leaders do not want the squad to grow by any numbers at all and certainly nina turner would fit in that category. so in the early stages of that race this evening with early voting coming in, actually, shontel brown, the establishment candidate, is leading nina turner. we should point out early stages. lx day -- election day this vote will be so important in the city of cleveland as well as akron south of cleveland. this is going to test whether progressives are going to have a shot at some of these other primaries. they've fallen short in the new york office. >> the biden wing of the democratic party has been largely successful, which is leading pe

how important is shontel brown to president biden's agenda? important. >> reporter: brown a member of the cuyahoga county council talks often about helping the president's agenda, so much so that turner has seized upon it. >> i would consider a puppet someone that has been on the national stage delivering catch phrases like hello somebody, i'm a partner who know what is it takes to sit at the negotiating table to get things done. >> reporter: and that was a not so subtle crack at one of turner's signature phrases. >> hello, somebody, hello, somebody. >> reporter: the acrimony any has intensified but the rivals found themselves side by side sunday at church. >> owhere brown extended her had to turner as the battle is left to the voters. >> reporter: infrastructure bills is precisely why the party establishment is so focused on races like this. the majorities are so small, every vote counts. of course party leaders say they are simply worried about the squad getting another member in knee that turner. they say the president needs more allies and

now to the closely watched house race in ohio where cuyahoga council member shontel brown whose campaignpresident joe biden won a special election primary tuesday in ohio's 11th congressional district, defeating bernie sanders' backed nina turner. shontel will be our guest in a moment. some background on the race as "the new york times" jeremy peters wrote, brown who vowed to be a partner with the biden administration and speaker nancy pelosi prevailed of nina turner, a party outsider who openly rejected the idea that democrats are more effective through conciliation and compromise. the race was not as much emblematic of a liberal/moderate divide among democrats as it was a clash between an insider who rose fast in local party circles and an agitator who thrived on alienating party leaders by questioning their commitment to liberal ideals. brown drew the support of such institutions as the congressional black caucus and representative james clyburn of south carolina who visited the district and implored people to vote for ms. brown as someone who was respectful and willing to work with o

there's a push that shontel brown won this race because outside dark evil money came in.na turner that decided to nationalize this race. they said had i kept my name out, i wouldn't have gotten involved in the race. we have to realize that when candidates nationalize their races, you bring in outside money. had the conversation stayed on potholes and local issues, probably nina turner would have won because there wouldn't have been any reason for outside forces to come in and support shontel brown. >> i don't feel like this conversation is over. we'll continue this on ig live. please don't be late. and eric, thank you so much for joining us. and don't go anywhere, because after the break hbcus, black colleges and universities, are paving the way for students to get their degree without financial headaches. we're going to dig into it coming up next. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 re

you've got chairwoman joyce beatty who said shontell brown would honor the rich history of the groupan gregory meek of new york, she wouldn't, quote, come in and try to break up that unity. gene. >> yeah, this is tough stuff. look, you've got different personalities at work here, too. and nina turner, let's face it, she see a lightening rod or maybe a lightening bolt. she is a fiery speaker, a fiery person. to say that she doesn't mince words is really an understatement. and a lot of people including jim clyburn were offended and really ticked off by some of the things she said during the 2020 presidential campaign including really a cold reference to joe biden that didn't go very well. >> we got that headline. >> and so they've all piled in behind shontel brown, but turner has the money. she has more money than brown. i don't know if that's going to be the deciding factor. and as you said it's a special election. an off-cycle special election primary. so who knows what turnout will be like, but you expect it to be pretty low. so the question is who motivates their voters to go out a

shontel brown, not a progressive like nina turner, a bernie sanders' backed candidate. agenda. she talked why that is key for everyone in the party. let's listen to her speech from last night. >> this was a collaborative partnership of a community of people that i worked hard to bring together. i as potentially the next member of congress, i can walk in the door with good relationships. i have earned the support of people on the hill. >> the reason that is important is that over the weekend i was in cleveland covering this race. the entire leadership of the congressional black caucus campaigned for her. bernie sanders was campaigning for nina turner. again, president biden's agenda, they want to send an ally to him, not an antagonist. >> it's not unlike what we saw in the new york mayor's race. where does that leave the sanders' wing of the party? >> it leaves them frustrated. they're influential on policy as we saw on the evictions. there may not be as many primary races in the midterms next year. they were hoping for some wins here. this is joe biden's wing of the part

we saw shontel brown embracing it. look, send me to washington to help advice president biden's agenda. nina turner who is a recognized face here, a former cnn commentator, a big supporter of bernie sanders, she supports the biden agenda but wanted to push the message in a much more progressive direction. it's a classic age-old fight we've been watching inside the democratic party. a moderate lane or progressive lane. the moderate won out. so there's no question with president biden in the white house, the top of the democratic party, there is a moderate sense that people just wanted to elect someone to work with him. an ally, not an antagonist, if you will. certainly it didn't settle the feud necessarily inside the democratic party but it sent the message that they wanted to send someone to work with him. on the republican side quickly it shows that president trump still has juice in the republican party among his base. so watch him to endorse more candidates, because he won last night. >> okay, let's get to the impor

the democratic establishment dealt a crushing blow to the progressive movement tuesday, when shontel browns, triumphed over the win. great to see you. so, eugene, i'm really curious to get your take on this. lots of folks heralding a jim clyburn kingmaker moment yet again. it was so interesting, though, earlier this week you wrote, maybe you thought the progressives versus pragmatists struggle within the democratic party was over, at least for now. not a chance. centrists may have been on something of a roll recently, but they underestimate the party's activist left at their own peril. what do you take from last night? >> the democratic party still has quite a bit of power, particularly in the house of representatives where speaker pelosi's margin is slim, and the progressives, if they were of a mind to, could throw a serious monkey wrench into her plans. that said, the progressive party in terms of its actual voting in the house has been pretty pragmatic and pretty realistic about what can get through the house and potentially get through the senate and what can't. nonetheless, you've got

he was trying to do the same thing here for shontel brown.t sanders' machine here still something that can push nina turner over the edge or will the establishment win another one tomorrow? >> at the time the progressives are having a tug of war in washington over budget spending and other issues. that sends a message of who has the juice at the moment. grateful for the live report. it's an important race. >>> when we come back, see here this photo of the washington d.c. mayor? it has her explaining. she's indoors. a mask mandate went into effect this weekend. with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy. ♪ ♪ oh, focaccia! ah, there's no place like panera. enjoy the toasty, saucy chipotle chicken avocado melt on freshly baked bread. panera. order on the app today. (piano playing) here we go. ♪ [john legend's i can see clearly now] ♪ ♪ ♪ make your reunion happen with vrbo. your together awaits. vrbo i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two

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provoked when she agreed with someone that was stupid for him to play in the race and endorsed shontel brown more of a combative, aggressive candidate anyway. but the progressive wing a sticking combative stance. hakeem jeffries, who is the heir apparent and flying to become speaker, should nancy pelosi step down, is now having to start a packed with josh gottheimer who runs the problem solvers caucus from the democratic -- side to fend off the democrats threatening establishment incumbents in -- their a some -- civil war in the party and while jim clyburn have done a great job, and keeping bernie have been quiet, and keeping this under wraps, it is a real division and the party is well aware they will lose battles next year if they allowed the progressive to drive the message. >> this follows louisiana, new york city, georgia, how much of this is about style and how much of it is about substance? can you be strong on the issues but not as some people would say abrasive, or give those soundbites back on the other side can use over and over again? where do you see the problem here? what is th

and meanwhile, in another closely watched race, cuyahoga councilmember shontelle brown pulled out a victoryeating bernie sanders backed nina turner. brown joins "morning joe" in the next hour. >>> house democrats are growing concerned about the party's chances in the 2022 midterms in a closed-door meeting last week and confirmed by nbc news, new york councilman warned that unless democrats change their message on the accounting they will likely lose. and pulling a voting that indicated that democrats are not doing enough. according to politico, a battleground of incumbents are privately alarmed that shows the party struggling on bellwether issues such as the economy despite the trillion efforts this year and biden's general approval rate. and they warned that maloney's stark warning could decrease funding. and six months out, donald trump is profiting in a big way, trump has raked in millions of dollars, but not a single penny going to the upcoming elections. trump writing in a monday statement, in part, quote, i am pleased to see the entire party benefit from trump. instead, a review of th

in 1the 11th district, cnn projects establishment democrat shontel brown will defeat nina turner. brown is a heavy favorite to win the open seat. and in the 15th district, cnn projects mike carey will win the republican primary. the former coal lobbyist was endorsed by donald trump and is favored to beat democrat alley son russo in november. >>> missouri's republican governor has pardoned the st. louis couple who pointed their gu guns near protestors. they pled guilty to the charges and demonstrators were working on a private street protesting the mayor's decision to publish names and addresses of people supporting police reform. mike had said that he was afraid the protestors has killed him. he has turned the notoriety into a bid for the u.s. senate. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo is facing the fallout after a damning report from his state attorney general. it says there is credible evidence that he sexually harassed 11 women. statistic assembly members say they are ready to talk impeachment and at least three democratic state senators want cuomo barred from future office. pa

turner is facing off against cuyahoga county counselor shontell brown who received endorsement from powerthere. in the conservative 15th district republicans facing a test of donald trump's influence. a few minutes ago "the associated press" declared the trump-backed coal lobbyist mike carey the winner in ohio's 15th congressional district. msnbc will continue to follow tonight's election results as they unfold. >>> that's it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. i will see you tomorrow morning at 4:00 p.m. eastern. time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell". >> thank you very much for that ohio report because that is now everything i know about the ohio house races tonight. there is so much news pouring down on us that i have not been able to get to that one tonight. so you have just taught me everything

that's a name you might know from cnn and a top ally of bernie sanders, against shontel brown, a cuyahogato occupy the sexes to see if we can replicate it. listen to president biden giving props to the most vaccinated state in the country. they may be the first to reach true herd immunity. listen. >> this past week, the most vaccinated state in america, vermont, has seen just five new cases, five per day of covid-19 for every 100,000 people who live in that state. that means on any given day, only 30 people in the entire state of vermont got covid-19. >> so vermont. okay. i get it, it's not one of the biggest states, but so what? if you take out the first five or six most populated states, a lot of the states start to look the same. now you have nearly 69% of people in vermont vaccinated. the rest of the country is like 50%. and only three people in vermont are in the hospital for covid, according to vermont's governor. imagine if that was the case across this country and you were free to go out and live and be alive because you did the right things in the right numbers when you needed to

. >>> and a win in cleveland, shontel brown beat a bernie sanders backed challenger in a special electionrey will rwin the republican special primary in the 15th district in ohio. >>> and in wuhan, they confirmed their first covid includes iter in over a year spawned by the delta variant. panic buying has left local supermarket shelves empty. the city is testing all 11 million residents. >>> in the middle of a historic drought, california state regulators are imposing unprecedented water restrictions on thousands of farmers. they have issued an emergency order for the sacramento san joaquin delta watershed. officials say demand for water is 16 times greater than the current supply. >>> and missouri's governor has pardoned a st. louis couple who made national headlines after pointing guns at social justice protestors. mark and patricia 34rpleaded guy to weapons charges and he is running for senate next year. >>> and the division men's team program treated better than the women's according to a study by the ncaa. it concludes that gender enequities stem from the organization's structure whi

democrat shontel brown won tuesday's primary in a cleveland district over a progressive rival. she is favored in november's special election. and mike carey won the g.o.p. primary in a columbus district. he faces a democratic opponent this fall. and at the summer olympics, daily covid-19 cases in tokyo reached a new peak at more than 4100. in the competition, american sydney mclaughlin broke her own world record and won the gold medal in 400 meter hurdles. still to come in the "newshour," despite a strong housing market, questions remain about the larger economic recovery. confronting the biden administration over the controversial expulsion of migrants to mitigate covid-19. lebanon in crisis. one year after a massive explosion. and much more. announcer: this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: millions of americans lack safe drinking water as waste water overflows power -- pour bacteria in rivers and lakes. one of the key provisions in the infrastructure bill in c

we won the district where the opponent, shontel brown, lived. her own neighbors voted against her. in the suburbs those ads worked. the turnout should be the story. it was less than 20% in an area where ohio needs to be blue next year if we're going to call our state purple. otherwise we're going to be calling it red. >> all interesting points. the elections, if you look at the pattern, rahm emanuel -- >> yes, george. >> -- moderate democrats are winning time and time again. >> in the primary many democrats made fun of joe biden when he said we can do bipartisanship. in the general election he said he could do it. this is a major win to show the institution of bipartisanship and that comedy of working together can happen. now to the election, what i call the heart and soul of the democratic party has gone five for five. i do think -- political pundits can say somehow the progressives are the base. in the republican party trump is the base of that party. that was proven in ohio. among democrats when you go zero for five, the democratic establishments, the moderates who say let's wor

while in a fight to represent ohio's 11th district, democrat shontel brown, a moderate candidate whobiden, beat out nina turner, a former very well known state senator backed by bernie sanders. the results, a big loss for the progressive wing of the democratic party. >>> coming up, new york state teachers union says it's against a vaccine mandate. how do they plan to open up schools and keep kids and teachers safe? we'll be asking the president of one of the nation's largest teachers unions next. lower interest rate. my principal is going down. sofi is a place where you can start to tackle those money goals today. ♪♪ ♪all by yourself.♪ you look a little lost. i can't find my hotel. oh. oh! ♪♪ this is not normal. no. ♪♪ so? ♪♪ right? go with us and find millions of flexible options, all in our app. expedia. it matters who you travel with. subway has so much new, i couldn't fit it all in the last ad... yep, so let me finish this. there's new hickory-smoked bacon, fresh mozzarella, smashed avocado...you know what, there's a lot! but it all makes a better footlong. can i get a word, in?

democrat shontel brown won tuesday's primary in a cleveland district, over a progressive rival. she is favored in november's special election. and, mike carey won the g.o.p. primary in a columbus district, with former president trump's support. he faces a democratic opponent this fall. on wall street, stocks mostly slumped on news that private- sector employment was weaker than expected last month. the dow jones industrial average lost 323 points, nearly one percent, to close at 34,792. the nasdaq rose 19 points. but, the s&p 500 slipped 20. and, at the summer olympics, daily covid-19 cases in tokyo reached a new peak at more than 4,100, with four days remaining in the games. in the competition, american sydney mclaughlin broke her own world record and won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles. still to come on the newshour: despite a strong housing market, questions remain about the larger economic recovery. confronting the biden administration for the controversial expulsion migrants to mitigate covid-19. lebanon in crisis - a year after a massive explosion. plus much more.

turner is facing off against cuyahoga county counselor shontel brown who received endorsements from democraticke hillary clinton and south carolina congressman jim clyburn. brown is winning that race by 6.5 points with more of half precincts reporting there. in the conservative 15th district republicans facing a test of donald trump's influence. a few minutes ago "the associated press" declared the trump-backed coal lobbyist mike carey the winner in ohio's 15th congressional district. msnbc will continue to follow tonight's election results as they unfold. >>> that's it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. i will see you tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 p.m. eastern. "way too early" is up next. >>> back in march, you said if the investigation confirmed the allegations against governor cuomo then he should resign. so, will you now call on him to resign given the investigators said the 11 women were credible. >> i stand by that statement. >> are you now calling on him to resign? >> yes. >>> new york governor and drew cuomo is facing growing calls to resign after a report found he sexually harassed

the president spoke, or called, i should say, shontel brown last night, extended his congratulations to her. he spoke on delivering for the people of ohio and across the country, as is she. we know his agenda, including investing in our country's infrastructure, helping grow our economy, creating good paying middle class jobs is broadly popular with the american people. he is laser-focused on delivering. more democrats means more ability to deliver on that. i know you were up way too early this morning, based on my television. [laughter] i've been waiting to do that joke all week. here we are. go ahead. [laughter] reporter: i appreciate that. thank you. a few questions on the same topic, perhaps. yesterday, the president said governor cuomo should resign. the governor has not done so. has the president called the governor? sec. psaki: no. reporter: has anyone from the white house called the governor or the governor's staff? sec. psaki: no. reporter: when was the last time the president and governor cuomo spoke? sec. psaki: i would have to check on that. reporter: okay. just two more

ainsley: in a different race, just a district over from you shontelle brown backed lie hillary clintonated and maligned this election. why do you think the democrats rejected her progressive message? >> i think people across the country are rejecting the progressive message. i have had as many democrats in the 15th congressional district come up to me and say we can't vote for new this primary buff we are going to vote for you in the general because you are supported by president trump. and i see that from every county across this district. ainsley: and what do you plan to do when you go to washington? how are you going to help the folks in ohio? >> listen, i think we got to put america first again. i think we have got to make sure. you guys were talking about it earlier this critical race theory being taught in our schools. we got to make sure we stop this out of control spending. i think we need a balanced budget amendment. look, i'm going to be like president trump. i'm going to be a fighter. i'm going to go to washington and put america first and work on behalf of the people of the