thank my talented and esteemed colleagues for all the work they've done over the past few weeks and months as we built the show from the very bottom up. ali velshi, that he has on, and payment meridian and then incredible work holding on this hour ahead of this lunch and for that i am incredibly and forever grateful. thank you guys. and in a final note, don't forget to set your dvr's for alex wagner tonight. now it's time for the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle. it's primary night. liz cheney and the future of democracy on the ballot. cheney will not be wyoming's republican member of congress but her political future is not over. steve kornacki is back with the numbers as voters, some who believe election lies are having their say.

then president biden's bfd moment. he signed a major climate, health care and tax bill all into law all without the support of a single republican. now democrats say they have something big to campaign on. will it be enough? plus, threats and dangerous rhetoric is at an all-time high and that has poll workers at an all-time low. how can democracy function when no one is there to ensure free and fair elections? dangerous times indeed as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. >> good evening once again, i'm stephanie ruhle live from new york city. this primary election night is helping to define the future of trump's loudest republican critic. >> no house seat, no office in this land is more important than the principles that we are all sworn to protect. >> as was widely expected, wyoming congresswoman liz cheney the, january six

committee vice chair and vocal trump critic has lost her house seat. cheney was one of ten house republicans voted to impeach trump after the capitol riot. she was quickly pushed out of house republican leadership in tonight the voters chose harriet hageman, who was endorsed by the former guy to be the republican nominee of the wyoming house even it of ember ballot. just a short time ago, cheney said she **respeak** for about 60 secs., called hageman to concede and she had this message for donald trump himself. >> i have said since january six, that i will take whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never anywhere near the oval office and i mean it. >> she is not done and neither are we. we will have much more on her defeat ahead, but we are also tracking a couple of big primary races in alaska. republican senator lisa murkowski is facing several opponents but she is expected to survive her challenge from a trump endorsed opponent. former alaska governor and vice

presidential candidate sarah palin who also has the former guy's support was hoping to make a political comeback today. she competed in a special election for her state's one house seat her states on. polls in alaska close at the top of the hour. so you know who we are going to turn to? steve kornacki at the big board. steve, where do things stand. it is great to see you. >> great to see you too stephanie. here you go, it's harriet hageman, the margin is almost two to one over liz cheney here, what basically happened is what the polls suggested was going to happen. it's what we have seen in other races like this with republicans who supported impeaching donald trump after january six. what those races suggested it might happen here. there are two areas here we see liz cheney has done well. one, this is teton county, this

is where jackson hole is, it's sort of the political outlier of wyoming, and they look big geographically, it's only about 5% of the vote. cheney cleans up there and she cleans up here in albany county. this is only the other county along with teton county that went for joe biden in 2020. this is where the university of wyoming is. these will be the two cheney counties today. everything else tonight is lighting up in hageman's colors. she is winning by some overwhelming margins. especially in smaller rural counties. giving an example. 90% of the vote right now. we still have a lot more to come. you're seeing margins like this outside of more of these populated centers. it just adds up to an overwhelming margin tonight for harriet hageman. what this means in the grand scheme of things as we are now complete in terms of how the ten republicans voted to impeach trump after january six. we now know all of their fates in 2022. liz cheney loses. she is one of four who sought through to a primary and was defeated in a primary. you also have four who said i'm

not even gonna go through that process and will retire. they didn't even go through primaries. two republicans who voted to impeach donald trump are actually going to advance to the general election. two asterisks here. one is valadao in california. this is the one primary that donald trump stayed out of. no trump endorsement in that primary. valadao he advances. dan new house in washington state, he advances. washington has a different kind of primary. it's that top two primary, democrats, republicans, they're all in the same ballot, crowded field, trump didn't endorse a candidate, but there weren't a lot of candidates on the field. newhouse was able to advance to the general election with 25% of the vote. outside of those two, all those republicans who voted to impeach him were either defeated or declined to seek reelection. so at best next congress two republicans who voted to impeach trump will be there. >> steve, do not go far. we will check in with you shortly. i want to bring in our lead off

panel. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. stuart stevens a veteran of the mitt romney and george w. bush presidential campaigns. he knows and has worked with liz cheney on debate prep. he is now with the lincoln project. and nick troiano executive director of unite america, the national organization trying to bridge the growing partisan divide with reforms and candidates who actually put people over party. very novel idea. stuart i'm turning to you first. you know liz cheney, you know her best. i'm turning to what she said earlier tonight. >> two years ago i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would've required that i go along with president trump lie about the 2020 election. it would've required that i enable his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic. that was a path i could not and

would not take. this primary election is over, but now the real work begins. >> liz cheney told the truth, that she lost her election. what does that tell you? >> well i think it tells us what we know about the republican party. it really is not a normal political party in any sense. it exists to defeat democrats but has no definable policies. there is no center right coherent party in america right now. liz cheney voted conservative across the line. she's a cheney for heaven sakes. that's not good enough, because she's not pro autocratic, she is pro democracy. so i mean i worked all these years to plan falls in the democratic party but i just can't argue with the statement

that the democratic party is the last best hope to keep democracy in this country because the republican party has become an autocratic party. >> stuart, people hearing liz cheney's speech tonight and i hear all over twitter she's running, was she running for what? she's running for president? if so how. i can't see her linking up with andrew -- gang. >> no she is a serious person, she wouldn't do that. i have no idea what's she's going to do first of all, but you know politics is usually a game of small numbers. you look at donald trump supporters, 85% white in the last election. if liz cheney pooled two to 3% even of voters who would've voted for trump or voted for desantis or whoever will be the nominee, that person can't win. it's just math. so let's see. but i really think that this is

a moment that is bigger than any future election even. years from now people are gonna study liz cheney. she's an american hero. she did not forget what it means to be an american. and the republican party has really forgotten what it means to be an american political party. nobody's gonna remember harriet hageman. she's just gonna be an absolute nobody in politics and liz cheney is somebody who i think, mothers are gonna look to their daughters and say you could be this person. she's really somebody who we should be proud of as americans. >> for many reasons, we are. peter, stewart just said it, that's why i took a pause. she's a cheney for goodness sakes. i want to share a bit of what her father said in a few of these ads that he showed up in. here's a sample. >> in our nation's 246 year history, there's never been an

individual who's a greater threat to our republic than donald trump. he tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power. after the voters had rejected him. he's a coward. a real man wouldn't lie to his supporters. he lost the election and he lost big. i know it, he knows it and deep down i think most republicans know it. >> the cheney family. as stuart family pointed out is a deep red conservative tribe. far more conservative than donald trump has ever been. so what does her fate say about the party, a party that once embraced and honored her family? >> i think it says that it is donald trump's party right now, and it's not a party as stuart said of ideology or particular philosophy or particular set of principles. it's a party about a single individual. that individual is donald trump. people are judged and based entirely on that metric. are you for trump or against trump? do you agree with him on the

election of 2020 or not? that is the defining barometer at this point of that party. whether it will stay like that we don't know. obviously this is one election, one, day, one year, we'll see what happens going down the line. but at this point, despite all the trouble, despite all the investigations in the search by the fbi at his home and the idea that he's holding on to documents that don't belong to him, that belong to the government, his own chief lawyer is targeted for criminal investigation in georgia, and his own financial officer is about to plead it looks like in new york, despite all those things what the republican party is saying is that they believe in donald trump. it's a big victory for him. he set out to punish those who stood against him. he has now successfully done as steve has just demonstrated, eight out of ten cases, and the rest of the republicans and the lesson they will take from that is don't dare speak out, because it will cost them. >> did you just hear that

despite the fact that peter baker said, i did 30 jumping jacks and had two cups of coffee during that time. it is enormous. nick, a little election education. because alaska's lisa murkowski, also a trump critic, also being challenged by trump endorsed candidate. she is likely to have an easier race than liz cheney, not necessarily because she is a better or more loyal republican. it's about how the primary system works in different states. walk us through this. >> that's right stephanie. there is a tale of two primaries playing out tonight. both senator murkowski and liz cheney defended the rule of law and put country over party, but only one will emerge victorious. and that's senator murkowski. and why is that? because in wyoming you only

need to win support from a priority of, whereas in alaska you have to win a majority of support. so what that means today all candidates are competing on the same ballot, all voters have the freedom to choose whichever candidate they support. the top four finishers will now go on to the general election in november where whoever owns a majority of support will win. that means that those leaders like senator murkowski can represent a true majority of their constituents not just the base of the party. i think that's key we want to stem the tide of anti-democratic extremism that we're seeing play out, and more states should follow alaska's example. nevada will be the next state to have this opportunity when voters will decide this question in their state, and as i said more should follow. >> why wouldn't it work? you can talk to voters in any state and they all ask the question, how come we end up with candidates that are far left and far right and not representing the majority in the middle?

and the result is the answer is open primary. so why don't more states adopt this? >> the people in power got there through the broken system. it works well for them, it's not working well for the people. the way to fix it is by americans joining forces across the political spectrum to demand a system that represents voters and not just the parties. we ask our representatives to sign an oath to preserve, protect and defend our constitution, but we have an electoral system in which if they do that and buck their party in the process they are likely to lose their jobs. those are horrible incentives and we need to fix the system if we want to have different outcomes. it's not just who we elect, it's how we elect and i think a lot more focus has to be on the systems and processes in elections. it is not a coincidence that of the seven members of congress who either voted to impeach or convict donald trump, the three that may make it back are those

from states with nonpartisan primaries. so whether you're a democrat, republican or independent the system gives you the freedom to put people over politics, and that's what the american people want. >> stuart, if people don't like liz cheney politics, don't vote for her, but moments ago donald trump put a post on his social media site that i will not read. he's congratulating hageman, attacking liz cheney, but i'm not reading it because it's filled with lies. lie after lie. how is it that liz cheney who is a pro democracy candidate doesn't get more vocal support from other democracies? excuse me, from other republicans excuse me. you work with mitt romney you work with george bush, when they stand up at a time like this when they know the dull trump is just pushing lies? >> well, i know senator romney did numerous fund-raisers for liz cheney, and did support

her. you know, i think, what we have to come to grips with here is the republican party has not been hijacked by donald trump. the republican party has been revealed by donald trump. and for some of us, that is a really tough thing to admit, because we worked to build a party. but i don't know any other conclusion. the republican party is what the party wants to be. and it keeps saying this, over and over, and showing this over and over. and we have to accept that. the reason that they don't like liz cheney is because liz cheney was willing to lose which is the essential building block of any democratic system. and the republican party, they're for democracy when they win, and they're not for democracy when they lose, which means they're not for democracy. and that's the dividing line in american politics. it's not about right or left anymore. it's about, do you support a democratic system, or do you support an autocratic system? and i can't tell you how this is gonna turn out. i can tell you who's gonna win, but i know that there won't be an american experiment still flourishing, if the autocratic

side wins. >> wow! we're gonna leave it there. that is a scary thought on a late tuesday night. nick troiano, peter baker, stuart stevens, thank you all. peter and stuart, stick around. on this programming note, liz cheney will be doing an exclusive interview with a today show in the morning. you do not want to miss her remarks. coming up next right here, they are the highest ranking people from the trump administration that are reportedly being questioned in a classified document controversy. prosecutors said to be talking to top white house lawyers. and later, it is being called an ongoing threat to democracy, posing a grave physical danger, not just to law enforcement, but your neighbors. those who are working at local polling places, the 11th hour just getting underway on a very important tuesday night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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the trump folks want it unsealed. the department of justice has said that making it public at this point would undermine their investigation. what would the trump folks like to do? undermine the investigation. how do they do that? by getting the documents unsealed at this point. >> a court hearing to determine whether to release the affidavit behind the search at mar-a-lago will take place thursday. but tonight, the new york times is revealing new details about the lead up to the justice department's search. the times reporting this.

pat cipollone and patrick philbin, the white house counsel and his deputy under president trump, were interviewed by the fbi in connection with the boxes of sensitive documents. so let's discuss. let's welcome back professor melissa murray of the nyu law school. she was a clerk for sonia sotomayor, while she served on the federal bench. and peter baker is still with us. peter, is the times right? what could the two top lawyers from the trump white house have told the fbi? >> well, i think they could have told about the last chaotic days of that white house. remember, of course, president trump wasn't even admitting he is going to be leaving the white house until right up until the end. there was no systematic, organized effort to pack up and handle the last remaining issues on his desk, because he didn't want to admit that he was going to be leaving. and anybody who even suggested that preparations needed to be made were immediately, you know, chastised, punished, and so forth. so i think that cipollone, the white house counsel, the top

lawyer in that white house and his deputy, pat philbin can tell us is that the precautions were taken, what do they know about documents that were classified, were stored and taken away. and what do they know about this supposed claim, the claim that former president trump has made, that he had somehow magically declassified everything that he ever touched, basically that he wanted to take with him. remember, john bolton and others have already said that when they were in the white house, there was no such blanket order. of course, it would be known presumably by pat cipollone and pat philbin. >> melissa, day in, day out, the trump misinformation machine is at work. does the department of justice need to address this? we hear every day how cruel, unlawful, unprecedented it was to raid trump's home. what merrick garland could do is lay out for the american people what led to this. months of requests for the national archives, court issued subpoena, all of which was apparently ignored before the doj, but with no other option but to lawfully follow an

executed search warrant. should merrick garland be reminding the american people of that? >> stephanie, i think the attorney general has been reminding the american people about when he made that rather unprecedented press conference announcement, just the other day, following the execution of the search warrant at mar-a-lago. it is typically not the case that the department of reveals the affidavit that might support a search warrant. typically, it really contains the details of the prosecution 's case and chief, if there's going to be an indictment, and crimes charged. so basically if you have the affidavit, you basically have a blueprint for what that case might look like. and you have a head start in formulating a defense. so, it makes sense that this would be kept under wraps, and it makes sense that merrick garland would not reveal it, not only because it would reveal the case in chief, it might also revealed the sources that provided the information that supported the government's request for a search warrant,

opening those individuals up to reprisal. i think he's done what he can at this point, again, it's not typical for these kinds of information to be revealed at this point in the investigation. >> but it might also reveal a whole lot of bad information about donald trump. so, could this be a bit careful what you wish for? does he really want the affidavit unsealed? or is he just gonna move the goalposts again? >> it is -- >> peter? >> all right. i think he knows it's just, it doesn't want it unsealed. and therefore, by definition, it's sort of, you, know if free option for him to say, hey, let's go and on sale it, because he knows they're going to oppose it, right? and therefore, he looks like it's going to be transparent, when in fact, of course, as you say, there could be a lot of damaging information in there. look, my newspaper, the new york times, among the news organizations that has to try to get this information. we believe it's important for the public to know, base the bases on which the justice department is trying to take this action. we believe it's important to the public conversation to

understand what this former president did or did do, or alleged to have done. and i think that we'll see what the court decides. but you can understand why merrick garland is putting a pretty awkward position here, right? because we've seen before that the more he talked about it, before there are charges, the more trouble you get into. that is certainly the criticism of jim, jim call me, the fbi director during the hill content investigation. when he talked about the case in which he didn't actually brought charges, he was accused. and ultimately, fired, at least ostensibly on the basis of the fact that he had gone beyond the, you know, this normal protocol of what an investigator is supposed to do. so, merrick garland is like to play cautious here, and say it's not for me to talk about it until we are ready to take action. and if we don't take action, they're not going to explain why they don't take action, that's where the justice department traditionally has done. >> melissa, there is also rudy giuliani's testimony tomorrow in the georgia election investigation. he tried to call out sick, the

judge said no way. i have looked at your social calendar, you are fine and dandy. what are you watching for? >> well, between cipollone and win philbin and giuliani, it's been a great day for trump's lawyers. and i think tomorrow, in that hearing, with rudy giuliani, and then we think we're gonna be looking for as whether giuliani, who's already been identified as a target of the georgia prosecutors, will plead the fifth amendment over and over again, as he stands before that grand jury. so, i think, i'm really looking to see if we find out anything from rudy giuliani. >> peter, probably my number one question, it is been a week since this search, trump has yet to explain why he had any of these documents that are not his. they belong to the u.s. government or what he planned to do with them? what's up with that? >> i think it's exactly right. his response has been to attack the fbi, to attack merrick garland, to attack joe biden. to say it's all about, you know, his enemies. it's a witch hunt. to say that he is entitled to declassify information.

he hasn't told us exactly why did he need it or want it in the first place. we don't know. was it to keep it as a souvenir? was it to use, to trade for something else? we don't know. we can guess and we can speculate and ask, i think, the big mystery year at this point, what did he need or want the documents for? what was the purpose of ignoring a subpoena that asked for them back? what is the purpose of allowing his own lawyers to sign a document, saying that all classified information had been returned? and that is a big, big question that he is not answered. he's not really been asked. i think he, of course, is trying to change the subject, to make the issue about the behavior, and conduct of the investigators, which is something that works for him politically in the past. remember, during the whole russia investigation, it was always about the conduct of mueller and his team, rather than his own conduct. and that's what he's trying to do here, because it's worked politically. >> in the past. melissa murray, peter baker, thank you.

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negotiations, president biden signed the inflation reduction act into law this afternoon. while is has gone through a lot of changes, they do include many of his biggest priorities. including tax credits for electric vehicles to combat climate change. an expansion for the affordable care act, and here's a bit of what the president had to say about this bill this afternoon. >> now presidents should be judged not only by our words, but by our deeds. not by our rhetoric but by our actions. not by our promise but by reality. and today is part of an extraordinary story that has been written by this administration and our brave allies in the congress. this law that i'm about to sign finally comes up on a promise

to washington is made for decades for the american people. >> and if you missed it in those words, president obama said it's a b f d. with us to discuss symone sanders townsend was a vice spokesman for vice president harris, one of the host of on msnbc and peacock and, stuart stevens has graciously's the stuck around top of this again. symone, democrats have been saying, we need something big to campaign on in november. did they just get it? >> i think they got it steph. the question is, what is the messaging? it's a message that goes around it's a largest climb investment in history. what does this mean for young people? i'm a millennial and i know we've often talked about a young people will be saddled with the climate crisis of nothing happens. there are specifics that this thing does now specifically

law. if you are a person at a local level you know block red funds. that is money that goes directly to communities. i think the messaging will be important, that's why you're gonna see not just the president and vice president, but the entire cabinet going out and selling this thing in the coming weeks. >> stuart let's sort it where republicans are gonna go i'm campaign on. because in the past few months alone, they opposed gun safety manage measures, they opposed protecting abortion rights, and capping insulin prices and other things. put all of those things aside and well that's happening all they wanted to say is, inflation, inflation, inflation. check the food prices of gas prices they are going down. so besides we are not woke, what are they running on? >> they're really kind of running a bedrooms and bathrooms campaign. it's a classic cultural war. i can't tell you how this is going to turn out. when i hope the democrats will do as run a very tough campaign against republicans pointing out that republicans --

the republican senatorial campaign committee has put out a document that would raise taxes on millions and millions of americans. it would be the largest tax increase on middle class americans in history but versus what the president just signed. you've got to go to these contrasts, you've got to go out and talk about what they did in the infrastructure bill. if you had been a baby born in the first week the republican started talking about an infrastructure bill you would've been in the first grade before democrats got it done. it's gotta be a choice. the problem with president biden's is that he's been running against god. you've got to make this not a referendum on president biden, you gotta make it a referendum on a governing party and a party that wants to do bad things for you, which is really what the republican party is about now. >> but even if it were a

referendum on biden symone, do democrats need to figure out better messaging? because they said we need a big thing to campaign on. even if they didn't have this inflation reduction act, that a lot of wins. ketanji brown jackson, the infrastructure law, lowering health care costs even before this expanding health care, the american rescue plan, the chips act. they've had a ton yet they've struggled to convince the american people of that. why? >> look, i think every democrat in america needs to screenshot the graphic that you just posted, and use it as an incentive to your friends. those are receipts. those are the facts. i talked to jaime harrison, the chairman of the democratic national committee recently

this past weekend and i asked him the same question. he gave a very effective laid out in defense of the biden harris agenda. i do think that my democratic friends just have to be dogged in this message. don't take the shiny metal, don't talk about merrick garland's investigation. that's got nothing to do with y'all. you gotta go meet the people in the community at the beauty shops and barbershops et cetera and, talk to you about what you have done, and about how the democrats to donor republicans didn't vote for anything. if you want anything done, just vote for democrats don't even start in the democracy point. >> no republicans voted for it. do you think the american people will know that stewart? because i am old enough to remember when the american rescue plan passed, all sorts of republicans did not support and yet they went to their home districts and said they were so happy they passed the restaurant act when the new vote for it.

they didn't even vote for it. do people realize that room when republicans show back a poem and lie about it? >> some do some don't. there's only three times in the past hundred 25 years that the parting powers gained seats. the last time was 2002. i was very much a part of that for the republicans. what we did is we nationalized this race around domestic security and the war on terror. if i ran the democratic party, i would try to nationalize this race between a party that is pro democracy, that is getting things done, that is cutting taxes for the middle class and raising taxes on the very wealthy versus the republican party which has really become a big government intrusive party that is about your bedroom and your bathroom more than it is about making your life better. you've got to put that choice up there and drive it every day and try to get a unified message out there. i think that there is a very good story to tell here. you just gotta get out there and tell it. >> symone, young people. is president biden doing enough to inspire them to vote? they're a climate provisions in

this law, that was a top priority for younger voters. obviously what's happening around abortion rights is a big concern. where do young voters stand right now? >> look, i think that young voters are folks that need to -- first of all let's be frank and i say we because i'm a young voter. we are infrequent voters when it comes to midterm elections. young people, we have to understand our power and we have to know that participating in the system can if in fact change things. i've talked to a lot of young people on my shows. we've done panels and the young people on my shows say look we are voting but i have lots of friends who say, what will my vote change? i do think it is incumbent upon candidates to push forward this and i think president biden is trying to do this but the reality is there a lot of people that are very upset by what they perceive is a lot of lack of action on student loans. even if you look at what the department of education's been doing, they've been canceling

debt but not the promises president biden made on the campaign trail, so that remains to be seen. so i think there's an onus on democrats and candidates and there's an onus on young people. our participation can and does change things in the only way the system will look like like we wanted to look like is if we get involved. >> well what where their vote change unclear. but not voting will definitely do nothing. symone sanders, thank you for saying we we appreciate for including us in. stuart stevens thank you for joining. it's when we come back, we'll talk to somebody working hard to recruit poll workers as they face threats over trump's election lies. why are these public workers so important to our democracy when we come back.

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jane, this is your day. it is poll worker recruitment day. that is what you do. but it is coming at a time when we are facing poll worker shortages across the country, and real threats out there. >> yes, indeed. so, thank you so much for having us today. it's poll worker recruitment day, and we are really sounding the alarm, to make sure that people know that we have a poll worker shortage in this country, as we head into the midterm elections. power the polls was founded in 2020 because of another poll worker shortage that was caused because of covid, and the fact that so many poll workers are over the age of 60, that is the median age of a poll worker, and a lot of folks were concerned about their health in 2020. we saw polling locations shut down all across the primaries, leading to long lines, and just, lack of access for a lot of voters. and we saw hundreds of thousands of people step up because we put out that call to have more poll workers, and

that's what we're doing again this year. the threats are different. but the challenges are not completely unique. in addition to just spreading public awareness around this, we're also really focusing on getting the next generation of poll workers, you know, folks who are sort of retiring out of these roles, and so, we're trying to find folks who will serve for the first time this year, and serve for many decades to come. >> but how can we ensure that people will be safe, to your point. when i grew up, it was often little old ladies in my town, working at polls. my mom did for a number of years. and i wouldn't want her to today. so, we know that the report is calling for increased security for election workers. but what does that look like? shaye moss and her mother were terrorized for months. >> yeah, so, what we've seen is election administrations really stepping up, thinking about with the security looks like at different polling locations, thinking about training that they have for those poll workers on how to handle different situations.

unfortunately, voter intimidation is not something that's new to american society. so, a lot of these administrators have dealt with this before, and they are looking at how they're gonna deal with it again, trying to have a balance between providing more security, while also making sure that the polls are accessible as possible to everybody. one of the things that we have found to be incredibly inspiring in all of this as that when people hear about threats to poll workers, that actually inspires them to sign up. when people think about and hear about the polarization around elections, they think, i want to stand up and do this in my community, because i know how critical it is for everybody in my community to be able to vote. and so, rather than sort of putting people off, people really feel this motivation to step up, and that's why it's so important for us to raise awareness around this, to acknowledge the challenges that we are facing this year. but also, to acknowledge that a lot of folks who are, you know,

peoples moms, they are people that show up for most of the neighborhood needs that their neighborhood has. those are the folks are showing up to the poll workers this year, just because they want to make sure everybody in their community can vote. >> and what happens, if the very people who ran those good poll workers out of their jobs, what if those people then fill them? >> we do see there has been some recruitment efforts in different areas, to get folks who have come in with that perspective. a lot of election administrators, it's not very easy to become a poll worker. it's a really difficult job. it requires making it through lots of training, making it through different types of vetting. so, i feel pretty confident that election administrators are really focused on getting folks who are showing up for the right reasons. we have lots of people who say, i don't care if you vote for this person or that person. i don't care if people are showing up to vote for whoever my candidate is. i just want to make sure that everybody can. and administrators are good at

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like pressed post. i just want to show that it really doesn't matter, your sexual orientation. >> damn right. but after the raiders released him in march, he became a free agent with an uncertain future. that was until today, when he signed a one-year deal with the tampa bay buccaneers, it's a homecoming of sorts for the six season veteran. nbc news point out he's back where he delivered two of his most productive seasons. >> he has lots of versatility. it brings a lot of energy, brings a lot of toughness, and you know, he understands the system. he was comfortable. so, you know, we look forward to coming here. >> there's also bring a lot of positivity off the field. a few months ago, he announced a partnership with the driver project, which offers support to lgbtq young people. >> out there right now, the record saying that i'd rather be dead than be gay. and that is why i am partnering again with the trevor project, and matching all donations up to $100,000. i really hope you guys join me in supporting this awesome organization, and supporting these young kids. >> the newest member of the tampa bay buccaneers will take us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. and from all of our colleagues

across the networks of nbc news, that's worsening up late with us. but tonight, do not go anywhere. a special live edition of alex wagner, tonight, starts right now. and alex, in true nbc form, on your very first night, your big night, they ask you to work a double! welcome back, alex a wagner. this is how we roll. what are you doing from three to 6 am. we're also available. >> i'll be sleeping i hope so. i'm happy to see you, i'm so happy. >> welcome. back >> thank you. >> thanks to you all for joining us. welcome to our special live midnight show. just as we came on the air polls closed across most of alaska where primary elections are being held, as well as a special election for the states lone seat in the house, or none other than sarah palin is looking to stage a comeback. we start with the big news tonight.