Even though election attorney Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, is confident that the lawsuit filed by Donald Trump’s Justice Department against the state of Alaska over anything other than a Republican Senate victory will fail on the legal merits, that doesn’t make the lawsuit any less alarming and important. Elias explains to Jen Psaki what Trump is really up to.

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A New York state court has blocked Texas prosecutors from filing legal action against a New York doctor who prescribed and sent abortion pills to a woman in Texas. The Ulster Country clerk of court refused to recognize Texas’ filing and cited New York’s abortion shield laws as protecting the New York-based doctor from legal action for providing abortion care. This is likely to set up a legal battle, bringing this issue to a federal court to decide which state’s laws count, how and when. MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin breaks it down.

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Jen Pskai reports on a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice at Donald Trump’s behest suing the state against certifying any Senate election result other than a Republican victory, Trump’s most overt effort to rig the outcome of the midterm elections as his desperation to avoid a massive Republican political wipeout intensifies. 

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Candidates across the country are hitting the trail and bringing in their parties’ heavy hitters. Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump held rallies in battleground states to help candidates deliver their closing message. Dana Milbank, columnist for The Washington Sun, and Scott Macfarlane, Chief Washington correspondent for Meidastouch, join “The Weekend” to discuss.

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